We begin with fiery plane crash that appears to have taken the life of jen nirks rivera. Invest garrets are trying to figure out why the plane vanished from radar moments after taking off. Overnight, mexican television aired these grainy images, believed to be the remains of jenni rivera's lear jet. It's such a big shock to the family. Reporter: Her brother, speaking out in los angeles. She fought for everything in life. She was a great person. Reporter: The impact so powerful, debris scattered the length of three football fields. Sunday night, hundreds of fans gathered for a candle light vigil in los angeles to mourn her death. Rivera had just finished a concert in monterrey. This photo taken by her makeup artist moments before the flight shows rivera and the other passengers. The 43-year-old was born in long beach, california, had rinz to worldwide fame singing mexican b banda style music. When she was on the stage, he reflected what was happening in her life. Reporter: Rivera, a mother of five and grandmother of two had become a crossover tv star, recently joining the abc television family to star in a self-titled television series. Overnight, on twitter, an outpouring of grief from pit bull and gloria es tef fa. To ricky martin and eva longoria, who wrote, we lost a legend today. She was set to take part in the voice mexico. She was 43 years old.

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